Job 13:21–27

⁷Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.

⁷Behold, my terrour shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heauie vpon thee.

³⁴Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

³⁴Let him take his rodde away from me, & let not his feare terrifie me:

¹⁰Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.

^10†Remooue thy stroke away from mee: I am consumed by the blowe of thine hand.

²⁰Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

^20* Are not my dayes few? cease then, and let me alone that I may take comfort a litle,

¹¹Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?

¹¹Shall not his excellencie make you afraid? and his dread fall vpon you?

¹⁵Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

¹⁶Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

¹⁷Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

¹⁵Hast thou marked the olde way which wicked men haue troden?

¹⁶Which were cut downe out of time, ^†whose foundation was ouerflowen with a flood.

^17*Which said vnto God, Depart from vs, and what can the Almightie doe ^‖for them?

¹²⁰My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

¹²⁰My flesh trembleth for feare of thee: and I am afraide of thy Iudgements.

¹⁵Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

¹⁵Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt haue a desire to the worke of thine hands.

³Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

³Gird vp nowe thy loines like a man; for I will demaund of thee, and ^†answere thou me.

⁴Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

⁵Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.

⁴Behold, I am vile, what shall I answere thee? I wil lay my hand vpon my mouth.

⁵Once haue I spoken, but I will not answere: yea twise, but I will proceed no further.

³Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

⁴Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

⁵I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.

⁶Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

^3*Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore haue I vttered that I vnderstood not, things too wonderfull for me, which I knew not.

⁴Heare, I beseech thee, and I will speake: I will demand of thee, and declare thou vnto me.

⁵I haue heard of thee by the hearing of the eare: but now mine eye seeth thee.

⁶Wherefore I abhorre my selfe, and repent in dust and ashes.

¹⁶If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.

¹⁶If I had called, and had answered me, yet would I not beleeue that he had hearkened vnto my voice:

³²For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

³²For he is not a man as I am, that I should answere him, and we should come together in iudgement.

⁸And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;

⁹Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.

⁸And if they bee bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction:

⁹Then hee sheweth them their worke, and their transgressions, that they haue exceeded.

²³Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

²³Search me, O God, and knowe my heart: trie mee, and knowe my thoughts:

²⁰If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;

²¹Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

²⁰If wee haue forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange God:

²¹Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

⁵Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?

⁵ Is not thy wickednesse great? and thine iniquities infinite?

¹¹He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.

¹¹He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and hee counteth me vnto him as one of his enemies.

⁵The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

⁵The LORD was an enemie: he hath swallowed vp Israel, hee hath swallowed vp all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Iudah mourning and lamentation.

¹HOW long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

¹¶ How long wilt thou forget mee (O LORD) for euer? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

²⁰And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.

²⁰And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their ende shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.

¹⁷And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

¹⁷And I wil wait vpon the LORD that hideth his face from the house of Iacob, and I will looke for him.

¹⁰Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,

¹⁰Behold, hee findeth occasions against mee, hee counteth mee for his enemie.

²⁴Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

²⁴Wherefore hidest thou thy face? and forgettest our affliction, and our oppression?

¹⁴Lord, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

¹⁴ LORD, why castest thou off my soule? why hidest thou thy face from me?

¹⁶Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?

¹⁶Then said Samuel, Wherefore then doest thou aske of mee, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?

¹⁵Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

¹⁵Yet count him not as an enemie, but admonish him as a brother.

²I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

²I will say vnto God, Doe not condemne mee; shewe me wherefore thou contendest with me.

⁹He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

⁹He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth vpon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes vpon me.

²Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;

³When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

²O that I were as in moneths past, as in the dayes when God preserued me.

³When his ^†candle shined vpon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkenesse:

²¹Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.

²¹Thou art ^†become cruell to me: with ^†thy strong hand thou opposest thy selfe against me.

³⁵Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.

³⁵O that one would heare me! ^‖beholde, my desire is, that the Almightie would answere me, and that mine aduersary had written a booke.

¹WHY standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

¹¶ Why standest thou afarre off, O LORD? why hidest thou thy selfe in times of trouble?

⁶I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

⁷Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?

⁸Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?

⁹Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.

⁶I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine owne heart, and my spirit made diligent search.

⁷Will the LORD cast off for euer? and will hee be fauourable no more?

^8†Is his mercy cleane gone for euer? doth his promise faile for euermore?

⁹Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut vp his tender mercies? Selah.

¹⁸They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

¹⁸They are as stubble before the winde, and as chaffe that the storme ^†carieth away.

³⁶And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

³⁶And vpon them that are left aliue of you, I will send a faintnesse into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, and the sound of a ^†shaken leafe shall chase them, and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword: and they shall fall, when none pursueth.

¹⁴After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.

¹⁴After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom doest thou pursue? After a dead dogge, after a flea.

¹³The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

^13‖The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee farre off, and shalbe chased as the chaffe of the mountaines before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlewind.

³And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

³And doest thou open thine eies vpon such an one, and bringest me into iudgment with thee?

²⁰A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.

²⁰A bruised reed shal he not breake, and smoking flaxe shall he not quench, till he send forth iudgment vnto victory.

⁷Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O Lord.

⁷Remember not the sinnes of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercie remember thou me, for thy goodnesse sake, O LORD.

¹⁴Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

¹⁴Afterward Iesus findeth him in the Temple, & said vnto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sinne no more, lest a worse thing come vnto thee.

¹⁹Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

^19*Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote vpon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea euen confounded, because I did beare the reproch of my youth.

¹¹His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

¹¹His bones are ful of the sinne of his youth, which shall ye downe with him in the dust.

²⁰Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

²⁰Wherefore is light giuen to him that is in misery, and life vnto the bitter in soule?

⁵And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.

⁵And a certaine man was there, which had an infirmitie thirtie and eight yeeres.

¹¹And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

¹²And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

¹³And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

¹¹And thou mourne at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

¹²And say, How haue I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproofe?

¹³And haue not obeyed the voyce of my teachers, nor inclined mine eare to them that instructed me?

³For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

⁴I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

⁵Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

⁶Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

⁷Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

⁸Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

⁹Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

¹⁰Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

¹¹Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

¹²Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

¹³But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

¹⁴Lord, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

¹⁵I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

¹⁶Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

¹⁷They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

¹⁸Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.

³For my soule is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh vnto the graue.

⁴I am counted with them that go downe into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength.

^5‖Free among the dead, like the slaine that lie in the graue, whom thou remembrest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

⁶Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit: in darkenesse, in the deepes.

⁷Thy wrath lieth hard vpon me: and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waues. Selah.

⁸Thou hast put away mine acquaintance farre from mee: thou hast made me an abomination vnto them: I am shut vp, and I cannot come forth.

⁹Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction, LORD, I haue called daily vpon thee: I haue stretched out my hands vnto thee.

¹⁰Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shal the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

¹¹Shall thy louing kindnesse be declared in the graue? or thy faithfulnesse in destruction?

¹²Shall thy wonders be knowen in the darke? and thy righteousnesse in the land of forgetfulnesse?

¹³But vnto thee haue I cried, O LORD, and in the morning shall my prayer preuent thee.

¹⁴ LORD, why castest thou off my soule? why hidest thou thy face from me?

¹⁵I am afflicted and ready to die, from my youth vp: while I suffer thy terrours, I am distracted.

¹⁶Thy fierce wrath goeth ouer me: thy terrours haue cut me off.

^17‖They came round about mee daily like water: they compassed mee about together.

¹⁸Louer and friend hast thou put farre from me: and mine acquaintance into darkenesse.

²⁰And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

²⁰And she said vnto them, Call me not ^†Naomi; call mee ^†Mara: for the Almightie hath dealt very bitterly with me.

¹¹He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.

¹¹He putteth my feete in the stockes, he marketh all my pathes.

¹⁰Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.

¹¹¶ And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

¹²And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians.

¹⁰Then Asa was wroth with the Seer, and put him in a prison-house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa ^†oppressed some of the people the same time.

¹¹¶ And behold, the actes of Asa first and last, lo, they are written in the booke of the Kings of Iudah and Israel.

¹²And Asa in the thirtie and ninth yeere of his reigne, was diseased in his feete, vntill his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease hee sought not to the LORD, but to the Physicians.

²⁴Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

²⁴Who hauing receiued such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, & made their feet fast in the stockes.

⁶That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?

⁶That thou enquirest after mine iniquitie, and searchest after my sinne?

¹⁶For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

^16*For nowe thou numbrest my steppes, doest thou not watch ouer my sinne?

⁹He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

⁹He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth vpon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes vpon me.

⁷¶ So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

⁷¶ So went Satan foorth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Iob with sore biles, from the sole of his foote vnto his crowne.

²²He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

^22†He goeth after her straightway, as an oxe goeth to the slaughter, or as a foole to the correction of the stocks,